2017 NBA OFFSEASON

seemed like the writing was on the wall there

yea. sucks, griffin was a good gm imo

griffin is interesting. find it hard to completely evaluate his abilities given that lebron fell in his lap. being the GM of a lebron team is a specifically unique job in a lot of ways... for instance we have basically zero idea if griffin can draft and develop young talent.

his trade history is not bad. the mozgov trade didn't kill them, and he bet on JR when his value was in the toilet, which was obv a bet that paid off big. otoh, giving shumper that contract doesn't look pretty, and he got strongarmed in the tristan thompson negotiations (but again maybe that was a specific lebron thing). channing frye was a p good trade too.

ultimately he seems like a decent to pretty good GM who will get treated like one of the best in the NBA cuz lebron turned in some of the most superhuman performances of all time to win them a title.

Sources: As David Griffin departs as Cavs -- "Just couldn't agree on future," source says - Chauncey Billups expected to emerge as candidate

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) June 19, 2017

hm

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good luck with that one...

http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/game-on/2012/08/27/lebron%20phonex-large.jpg

love it when chauncey billups emerges

j0 otm re griff.

No 2 ways about it: Dan Gilbert screwed over David Griffin. Could have let him go to ATL, ORL, or MIL if he wouldn't pay him. Now too late.

— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) June 19, 2017

no 2 ways about it, dan gilbert is a dick

there are two ways about it one way is dan gilbert is a dick the other is hes a buffoon

he's both. he's versatile.

drama

Per source familiar w/ breakdown, Griffin removed himself from consideration when it became clear his vision for CLE didn't match Gilbert's

— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) June 19, 2017

gilbert's vision is the banana boat

[praying for further drama]

i just want more trades than last year's meager crop

dan gilbert got rich off other people's mortgages of course he's a snake

ah yes thats the stuff

Dan Gilbert didn't consult with LeBron James prior to parting with David Griffin, sources said. James had advocated for Griffin extension

— Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) June 20, 2017

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Source: LeBron is "disappointed" at Griffin's departure, as well as the timing, & "concerned" abt what this portends for Cavs going forward.

— Howard Beck (@HowardBeck) June 20, 2017

lol

yesss

maybe the cavs know lebron is leaving and are planning for the future...........

omg life is good

pump the drama into my veins baby

banana boat clippers will happen in 2018

Lmao Gilbert ready to go all comic sans again

people here are pissed at gilbert

Understandable

wow insanity

FYI: Several teams have spoken to #Cavs about Kyrie Irving. Griffin was unwilling to move Kyrie. It's unclear where owner Dan Gilbert stands

— Sam Amico (@AmicoHoops) June 20, 2017

Yessss the cavs delivered the drama just a week after we hoped

christ

kyrie is on a very good contract otoh i don't see why he should be untradeable

not untradable but hard to imagine a realistic return that fits the cavs better. idk maybe i haven't thought long enough about kyrie trades.

what if you're trading him for jimmy butler

based on following the story and what every connected writer is saying, griff leaving is probably much more about compensation than anything else.

guy has a spotless reputation in the league afaict, and doesn't seem like he would be afraid of taking a year off. he'll find a better situation down the road.

i find kyrie to be especially interesting bcuz the perception of him as a player is fairly static in the regular season, if even a bit negative relative to other top players

but then people seem to put a lot of stock into what he does in the finals, which i understand... it certainly should make us think about him differently. it's just hard for me to reconcile those two things.

kyrie for butler doesn't thrill me unless there's some other move for love, the cavs need his scoring imo.

he's a super flawed player but he does some things in the playoffs that are almost impossible to replace.

i wonder if there's something specific about kyrie that makes him a good pairing with lebron in the playoffs? i guess the game slows down and his 1 on 1 abilities are magnified?

bcuz otherwise across his career his teams have been consistently and thoroughly outscored when any 4 other people not named lebron james are on the court with him

i guess the most pertinent question for the cavs is how valuable kyrie is against the warriors specifically. i could totally understand the argument that he's an indispensable piece, but also the cavs do need to improve their team somehow, and he is probably their best trade asset (who isn't lebron)

If no one appreciated you Griff I did, and hopefully all the people of Cleveland! Thanks for what u did for the team for 3 yrs! We got us 1🏆

😋

bronny

i feel like we can all agree that nothing would be funnier than lebron fucking dan gilbert over one more time

bron and cp3 to nuggets confirmed

Draftexpress updated to have the Spurs taking Jeanne 59th which is fascinating

Before the Marfan diagnosis I thought he was a top 10 talent and still think he would have gone lotto

wtf

LeBron reached out to me during last labor negotiations. You would have been very good NFL tight end. You are one of top 3 in NBA history

— John Clayton (@ClaytonESPN) June 20, 2017

hahahaha what the hell

lebron would have been one of the best players in the history of the NFL